Kacper's Journey to steady $5k a month

Big Update

Main Projects
let's do it in Reservoir Dogs theme

Mr. Orange
This is the main project - diet/recipe site. Potential reach? Huge.
At this moment I manage to drive 50+ UVs a day solely from social media traffic. The domain was registered for the first time in December. So far, I have built only several links to the suite, hoping that social shares will do the work. They didn't, at least in terms of ranking the site. The site doesn't appear in TOP300 for any of the keywords I targetted. But it is fine, it will change soon. So far, I have been focused on building social media presence and collecting e-mails.
Current number of followers:
Twitter - 1257
Pinterest - 124
Facebook - 523
e-mail - 19
Expenses:
I am not entirely sure, but probably around $250-300.
Revenue:
I am not sure either. Couple of $ from Adsense, probably 1-2 sales on CB.
I will start to follow expenses/revenus from now on and keep you updated.


Mr. Blue
It is a big project I am working on with my friend - a site in Finance/Forex niche. The domain was registered in November, but we didn't have a lot of time during school and it was hard to communicate since he studies in Poland and I study in the US (7hrs time difference). Now, when we are done with school and are both in Poland, we plan to move it forward and start banking. We plan to publish 2-3 articles of super high quality a week. He is the one writing articles, I am SEO and marketing guy. On usual, it takes him 2-3 hrs to write an article we would be both satisfied of.
At this point we have about 7 articles waiting to be published. Before we publish them, I am going to optimize the structure and finish all the necessary on-page work.
Plans for monetization?
Adsense and Amazon. In the future, we will think of some forex affiliate programs. But for now, we are going to focus on the ads.
Followers base:
Facebook - 14
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 614
e-mail - 0

Expenses:
Probably around $60.
Revenue:
0


Mr. Pink
Another site in recipes niche. In terms of serps, I have the greatest success with this one. Recently, I partnered with my other friend. He is providing 2 articles a day in return for 40% in earnings. It is win-win. I do not have to invest in content anymore and he is going to get some decent passive income if everything works out.
Currently ranking #6 for mid-high competition EM keyword with 3600 searches a month. CPC - $2+. I ordered several SEO services for this site for around $250 total. I plan to move up the keyword to the TOP on my own. I own several high PA/DA domains and aged web2.0s.
Followers base:
Facebook - 1134 - fake, around 200 real
Twitter - 0
e-mail - 0 <haven't started collecting e-mails yet

Expenses:
Probably around $400-500.
Revenue:
$15



Side projects
Mr. White and Mr. Blonde
These are basically mediabuying/youtube + e-mail collection + clickbank/Amazon
I am not goint to talk about them, at least now. They generated several hundred dollars and will more likely generate more, but I have greated expectations toward main projects.


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Right now I host all my sites on two different business/shared hostings.
I plan on getting VPS with several different IPs.
Any recommendations?
 
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Mr. Orange
I added a new article yesterday and will add 3-4 more in this week.
Current number of followers:
Twitter - 1315 (+58)
Pinterest - 161 (+37)
Facebook - 525 (+2)
e-mail - 22 (+3)

Subsidary accounts:
Pinterest - 758

Mr. Blue

Followers base:
Facebook - 14 (0)
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 632 (+18)
e-mail - 0





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Right now I host all my sites on two different business/shared hostings.
I plan on getting VPS with several different IPs.
Any recommendations?
 
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If you focus on diet, wouldnt it be better to join some good CPA network and sell their diet products ?
Easy Trial offers could pay you $30 + , thats just 5-6 sales daily and you would reach your goal
 
If you focus on diet, wouldnt it be better to join some good CPA network and sell their diet products ?
Easy Trial offers could pay you $30 + , thats just 5-6 sales daily and you would reach your goal
Hey, thanks for the suggestion.
Actually I promote several products through clickbank. This is a type of diet, so it is hard to find a good product to promote.
For now, I would rather focus on building a huge network of followers and email subscribers. I have been already getting a decent traffic from social media and I can easily scale it up.
 
nice journey OP... Wishing you best of luck with your journey.... subscribed your thread keep us updated :)
 
07/10/2014
Mr. Orange

Current number of followers:
Twitter - 1397 (+72)
Pinterest - 184 (+23)
Facebook - 526 (+1)
e-mail - 23 (+1)


Subsidary accounts:
Pinterest - 782 (+24)


Mr. Blue


Followers base:
Facebook - 14 (0)
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 642 (+10)
e-mail - 0

Revenue:
Adsense - $0.51
CB - $28 [Mr. White]

Cost:
Mr. Orange - $12.1 [proxies]
Mr. White - $9.36 [PPC]




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nice journey OP... Wishing you best of luck with your journey.... subscribed your thread keep us updated :)
Thank you.
 
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07/11/2014
Mr. Orange
Majority of keywords started appearing in TOP200, which is nice. I think that they will move to TOP100 quickly. I work on several different articles and will publish them soon. I am a little bit dissapointed with number of opt-ins. I switched 2 days ago to Magic Action Box plugin. I hope that it is only a temporary crisis. I am thinking about switching to a pro version, but $99 is a cost, I would rather avoid at this point. Let me know if you know any alternatives.
Current number of followers:
Twitter - 1504 (+107)
Pinterest - 190 (+6)
Facebook - 529 (+3)
e-mail - 23 (+0)


Subsidary accounts:
Pinterest - 817 (+35)


Mr. Blue


Followers base:
Facebook - 14 (0)
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 670 (+28)
e-mail - 0

Total Revenue:
Adsense - $1.99 [+1.48]
CB - $28 [Mr. White]
Mr. Blonde - $7

Total Cost:
Mr. Orange - $12.1 [proxies]
Mr. White - $15.03 (+5.77) [PPC]
Mr. Blonde - $11 [Fiverr Swaps]
VPS - $13.3 + $4 for 2 extra IPs, shoutout to Peter from Hostwinds for -25%.

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Recently, I was invited for an interview in one of the biggest consulting companies. Preparation takes some of my time, but I will hope that it will be worth it.

As usual, it will be amazing if any reputable, a.k.a. experienced member, would like to comment on on-page seo of my site/s.
 
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Powodzenia ;) Hopefully you'll end up reaching your goal seems like you got good plan going.
 
I've missed the start, but I'll be following your journey! Go hard :D
 
Thank you guys for the words of encouragement.
 
Great journey dude!
I should start a journey too, as it has been over 1 year reading journeys here in the web.

Good luck !
 
07/12/2014
Mr. Orange

I decided to go with PopupAlly plugin to collect e-mails. It is decent, and free.
2 new articles were published, and 3rd will be published tomorrow.
Current number of followers:
Twitter ? 1572 (+68)
Pinterest ? 216 (+26)
Facebook ? 530 (+1)
e-mail ? 25 (+2)


Subsidary accounts:
Pinterest - will update later
One account got hit, so it will decrease by 200 or so. Gotta scale it up. I am using only 3 proxies out of 10 atm.


Mr. Blue


Followers base:
Facebook ? 14 (0)
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 742 (+72)
e-mail ? 0

Total Revenue:
Adsense - $1.99
CB - $28 [Mr. White]
Mr. Blonde - $7

Total Cost:
Mr. Orange - $12.1 [proxies]
Mr. White - $20.31 (+5.28) [PPC]
Mr. Blonde - $11 [Fiverr Swaps]
VPS - $13.3 + $4 for 2 extra IPs, shoutout to Peter from Hostwinds for -25%.


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@IberoJump and @xxsaumitraxx thanks.
 
good update. your progression is positive. stick to it. are you posting to group board on pinterest?
 
good update. your progression is positive. stick to it. are you posting to group board on pinterest?
I post on some of pinterest group boards, but know I focus more on follow/unfollow and mass repinning with PinBlaster.
I am going to set up 2 more accounts today.

@ming34 - thanks
 
07/13/2014
Mr. Orange

Current number of followers:
Twitter - 1629 (+57)
Pinterest - 234 (+18)
Facebook - 532 (+2)
e-mail - 28 (+3)


Subsidary accounts:
Pinterest - 711


Mr. Blue


Followers base:
Facebook - 14 (0)
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 796 (+54)
e-mail - 0

Total Revenue:
Adsense - $2.67(+0.68)
CB - $28 [Mr. White]
Mr. Blonde - $7

Total Cost:
Mr. Orange - $12.1 [proxies]
Mr. White - $21.47 (+1.16) [PPC]
Mr. Blonde - $11 [Fiverr Swaps]
VPS - $13.3 + $4 for 2 extra IPs, shoutout to Peter from Hostwinds for -25%.
 
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07/14/2014
Mr. Orange

4 new articles were added.
252 pageviews yesterday. I noticed that the ads don't display on all the pages, but I will leave it like that. I am more concerned about collecting e-mails at this point. The content is shared a lot - the posts get 30+ shares, with the top ones getting 150+. If I had a programming experience, it would go way smoother :-).
Currently, I use semicolon theme, but I consider switching to another one. Do you have any recommendations? It needs to be responsive and clean.
Current number of followers:

Twitter ? 1681 (+52)
Pinterest ? 245 (+11)
Facebook ? 533 (+1)
e-mail ? 31 (+3)


Subsidary accounts:
Pinterest - will update later


Mr. Blue


Followers base:
Facebook ? 14 (0)
Twitter - main - 4 ; related account - 809 (+13)
e-mail ? 0

Total Revenue:
Adsense - $2.67
CB - $28 [Mr. White]
Mr. Blonde - $7

Total Cost:
Mr. Orange - $12.1 [proxies]
Mr. White - $21.47 [PPC]
Mr. Blonde - $11 [Fiverr Swaps]
VPS - $13.3 + $4 for 2 extra IPs



 
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